The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199554850)

Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fid鑞e is the confidence man'? The central motif of Melville's last and most modern' novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history.

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Author: Herman Melville
ISBN-10: 0199554854
ISBN-13: 9780199554850
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2009
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.90d